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TIL I learned the moon looks upside down in Australia

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9Yn17 TIL that the cameraperson for the famous slo-mo footage of Evel Knievel's failed Cesar's Palace fountains jump (link to vid in comments, it's a doozy) was none other than Golden Globe winning actress Linda Evans of Dynasty fame
m10rx TIL Frog saliva is a non-Newtonian fluid. The fluid is initially runny when the frog's tongue first hits its prey helping it spread along the surface of their food. After the initial pressure drops the fluid gets gooier and stickier allowing the prey to be quickly brought into the frog's mouth.
Wk9P4 TIL Roman poet Catullus' Carmen 16 was censored until the 20th century for beginning with the line Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo ("I will sodomize you and face-fuck you").
1aAAD TIL that a congressman from Georgia, Hank Johnson, believed that the island of Guam may tip over if too many people stood on one side of the island.
5Y0KB TIL of a sociological theory that posits most Americans are believers of a "civil religion" - which enshrines sacred symbols such as the flag, claims America's prosperity is due to divine providence, and idolizes soldiers and veterans as martyrs for a higher American purpose